Bit Repetitive

Another trip to the Farm Pond and the second part of my Carp Challenge - 50 carp - cracked (excluding commerical pond carp).


But as the blog is getting a bit repetitive here's a photo of my cat instead. He has 9 teeth, 6 brain cells & is the happiest cat out there!


Nope. Can't do it. Four carp added, number 50 above (for the records). Still wouldn't mind a couple more doubles before pike-time though...

Mirror Common

Cracking on with the Double Challenge, three carp landed from 12-18 inches of water (boilies & crust) - including double #18 at 10lb 5oz. Is it a common carp? The scales look too big & fewer of them - somewhere between a common and a fully scaled mirror?! Lovely looking fish.

The Puddle VI

A couple of hours wandering around The Puddle - and two carp stalked off the top on floating crust. Including double #17 - a (very nearly) leather carp at 10lb 15oz. Wonder what else is in there?

Sixteen-Four

Still no perch. Perhaps I should just concentrate on the carp until the weather changes, see if I can get 20 doubles before pike-time? Two carp landed including double #16 above at 12lb 0oz - four more to go...

Where Are The Perch?

I was watching the perch in The Wye - can't wait to get cracking at a three plus Wye perch. In the meantime where have the Farm Pond perch gone? Haven't had a run since mid-June - with lots of effort!


With five hours on the clock I thought I might find one - nope. But while the livebait was being ignored, the carp wanted to play - five carp on boilies & crust to keep me occupied - I'll find those perch...

Jimmy Snuka

Decided to make life difficult for myself; a carp on the fly. Thought it wouldn't be too hard with so many carp - but despite lots of fish investigating a variety of flys it took 1½ hours before one hit a Squirmy Wormy - totally worth it though!


I then switched to float fished bread (far, far easier) banking another 20 carp over the next two hours - including double #15 at 10lb 2oz - a surprise stunner. And my Dad landed 18 carp in the swim next door - a great few hours on the commerical!

Makin’ Hay

Quick mission to the Farm Pond and three carp landed, including double #14 - a long, lean fully scaled mirror - scraped in at 10lb 0oz.

Puddle Tench

Not big, but I really wanted a tench from The Puddle - success!

Big Muscles

With the hot weather continuing more and more of the bed of the Farm Pond is being revealed - look at the size of this swan mussel, probably the biggest I've found. Too much bird activity for floating crust, but three mint carp landed on boilies. Can we have some rain please?

Quite Common

Back to the Farm Pond - one livebait out for perch, one alternating between crust & boilie. Nothing on the livebait, but the carp were on it - the one above falling for a bit of crust on the surface...


Double #12 - 11lb 10oz (boilie).


Double #13 - 13lb 3oz (boilie) - unlucky thirteen out the way!


Struggling to drag myself away (crust) - terrible headlights photo.